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Shymansky, James A.; And Others – 1986
In 1981 a meta-analysis of research in science education was completed by a team of researchers under the direction of Ronald Anderson at the University of Colorado. Individual teams synthesized the extant research using meta-analysis procedures. One of the syntheses showed that the post-Sputnik or "new" science programs on the whole…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Program Effectiveness

Shymansky, James A. – Science and Children, 1989
Discusses the controversy involving the effectiveness of elementary science curricula projects of the sixties and seventies. Reports on a synthesis of the research, student performance, implications, and improvements for the future. States that these innovative programs were more effective in raising student performance and attitudes than…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness

Shymansky, James A.; And Others – Science and Children, 1982
Highlights a quantitative synthesis of research studies on Elementary Science Study, Science Curriculum Improvement Study, and Science A Process Approach, focusing on student performance/achievement, attitudes, process skills, and basic skills. Suggests that activities and instructional strategies from the programs be incorporated into existing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science

Shymansky, James A.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Summarizes results of the meta-analysis of 105 research studies dealing with effects of new science curricula on student performance. Twenty-seven different new science curricula involving one or more measures of student performance were included in the analysis. Positive performance patterns were found in all new curricula examined. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conventional Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Shymansky, James A.; Yore, Larry D.; Henriques, Laura; Dunkhase, John A.; Bancroft, Jean – 1998
This study took place within the context of a four-year local systemic reform effort collaboratively undertaken by the Science Education Center at the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Community School District. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Innovation

Shymansky, James A.; Penick, John E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1981
Summarizes findings of seven studies dealing with how teacher behavior affects student performance in activity-centered science classrooms at the elementary and junior high school levels. Concludes that activity-centered classrooms encourage student creativity in problem solving, student independence, and help low ability students overcome initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creativity, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Shymansky, James A.; Yore, Larry D.; Dunkhase, John A.; Hand, Brian M. – 1998
This paper describes a major reform effort of an elementary science curriculum called the Science: Parents, Activities, and Literature (Science PALs) Project. The goal of the project was to move teachers towards an interactive-constructivist model of teaching and learning that assumes a middle-of-the-road interpretation of constructivism where…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Innovation